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Frank Forrest Latta
Frank Forrest Latta (1892–1983), was a California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.
Frank Forrest Latta was the son of Presbyterian minister Eli C. Latta and teacher Harmonia Campbell, born on September 18, 1892, in Stanislaus County, near Orestimba Creek. Latta lived most of his life in the San Joaquin Valley. His father and three older brothers had come to California from Arkansas during the California Gold Rush. His father and one brother remained in California, where they were joined by his mother. One brother returned to Arkansas, and the third wrote that he was returning to Arkansas with $8,000 in gold, but disappeared without a trace.
As a young boy Latta worked on several ranches in the San Joaquin Valley. He became interested in the stories of the early pioneers. In 1906, at the age of 14, he began interviewing people and gathering research regarding early pioneer life and farming in California. Latta also spent much time researching the Miller & Lux farming corporation and its founders Henry Miller and Charles Lux.
Frank F. Latta became a teacher. He taught drafting and carpentry at high schools in Gustine, Porterville, Shafter and Bakersfield, California from 1915 to 1945.
In 1919, he married Jeanette Allen. They had four children together.
When not teaching, Latta was traveling in the San Joaquin Valley, interviewing European-American pioneers and Native Americans, gathering artifacts and articles, or writing at home. He published numerous articles in San Joaquin Valley newspapers during the 1920s and 1930s.[dead link]
In the early 1920s, Latta began interviewing the Yokuts and settlers who were acquainted with them. Among these was Thomas Jefferson Mayfield, ("Uncle Jeff"), the youngest son of William Mayfield, a settler from Texas who had developed a place on the Kern River. Following the death of his mother, Uncle Jeff grew up in a Yokuts village. Latta wrote about his life, first as a series of newspaper articles, then as a book, Uncle Jeff's Story: A Tale of a San Joaquin Valley Pioneer and His Life with the Yokuts Indians (1929).
Latta's first work to focus on Native Americans in the San Joaquin Valley was California Indian Folklore (1936). In it he described the culture of the many bands of the Yokuts.
Frank Forrest Latta
Frank Forrest Latta (1892–1983), was a California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.
Frank Forrest Latta was the son of Presbyterian minister Eli C. Latta and teacher Harmonia Campbell, born on September 18, 1892, in Stanislaus County, near Orestimba Creek. Latta lived most of his life in the San Joaquin Valley. His father and three older brothers had come to California from Arkansas during the California Gold Rush. His father and one brother remained in California, where they were joined by his mother. One brother returned to Arkansas, and the third wrote that he was returning to Arkansas with $8,000 in gold, but disappeared without a trace.
As a young boy Latta worked on several ranches in the San Joaquin Valley. He became interested in the stories of the early pioneers. In 1906, at the age of 14, he began interviewing people and gathering research regarding early pioneer life and farming in California. Latta also spent much time researching the Miller & Lux farming corporation and its founders Henry Miller and Charles Lux.
Frank F. Latta became a teacher. He taught drafting and carpentry at high schools in Gustine, Porterville, Shafter and Bakersfield, California from 1915 to 1945.
In 1919, he married Jeanette Allen. They had four children together.
When not teaching, Latta was traveling in the San Joaquin Valley, interviewing European-American pioneers and Native Americans, gathering artifacts and articles, or writing at home. He published numerous articles in San Joaquin Valley newspapers during the 1920s and 1930s.[dead link]
In the early 1920s, Latta began interviewing the Yokuts and settlers who were acquainted with them. Among these was Thomas Jefferson Mayfield, ("Uncle Jeff"), the youngest son of William Mayfield, a settler from Texas who had developed a place on the Kern River. Following the death of his mother, Uncle Jeff grew up in a Yokuts village. Latta wrote about his life, first as a series of newspaper articles, then as a book, Uncle Jeff's Story: A Tale of a San Joaquin Valley Pioneer and His Life with the Yokuts Indians (1929).
Latta's first work to focus on Native Americans in the San Joaquin Valley was California Indian Folklore (1936). In it he described the culture of the many bands of the Yokuts.